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Article: PUTNAM: COMMISSION: Panel to investigate Hurricane fee; Fee pays for control of storm water runoff; from outlying areas, city manager says
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- April 27, 2005
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FOR THE DAILY MAIL
Putnam County Commissioners have decided to investigate questions
raised by an $18-a-year charge the city of Hurricane has levied
against nonresidents.
The fee helps pay for municipal water cleanup efforts, which
include sweeping state roads located outside city limits.
Hurricane City Manager Karen Lilly said the town is simply
addressing an issue that will eventually sweep across the entire
county.
She said Hurricane is trying to clean up storm water runoff and
comply with the federal Clean Water Act of 1999.
But Steven D. Henry, who lives in Woodclyffe Chase outside of
Hurricane city limits, believes he is being treated "like a serf" who
must pay a tax but can't vote on ...